In a lively garden, hanging prosperous greens sing with the wind, a divine garden in the Embassy, separated only by a simple doorway carved by vines. It is where Estrella and Raphael spend their time with its calming atmosphere away from reality.

"I think you hit him hard," Estrella expresses her concern.

"Elaborate ‘hard’ I just knocked him off. I know that you saw it too, despite having a bind he is able to bypass its restraints to release that amount of power. I had quite some time being his company, him engaging in such a reaction is nothing but a casual character of him. But after seeing what he did back in Busan, I didn't know he had such power through harnessing anger as a trigger."

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"Cloud... It seems like your friend is partnered with a gifted Radiant by the Cherubim, he purified two DRK Schatten. If Cloud could control his immense mana and with the other boy's abilities, they'll be unstoppable against the Schatten."

"Unstoppable? The intention of his arrival here is not to be forged as a warrior. He just lost his mother and the next thing he finds himself in is in the middle of a war" Raphael responds. “And you here proposing him to be on the front lines,”

She crossed her arms, “He didn’t ask for this, it already happened—providing shelter for him will not change that. He possesses a gift that could save countless, and we’re here letting it go to waste” she said steady and firm. She paused. “He might not be here to be forged as a warrior but the life he’s in will not wait. Do you think the Schattens care about his grief?"